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devaluations

devaluations is the plural of devaluation.

Meaning of devaluation

Noun

devaluation (countable and uncountable, plural devaluations)

  1. The removal or lessening of something's value.
    • According to Braverman's thesis, Taylorism, or scientific management, has been the key feature in the devaluation and dequalification of work.2016, Lorraine Giordano, Beyond Taylorism, page 28
  2. The intentional or deliberate lowering of a currency's value compared to another country's currency or a standard value (e.g. the price of gold).
  3. Depreciation.

Questions about devaluations

What is devaluations the plural of?
Devaluations is the plural of devaluation.

Words near devaluations in the dictionary

  1. devaluates
  2. devaluating
  3. devaluation
  4. devaluational
  5. devaluationary
  6. devaluations
  7. devaluative
  8. devaluator
  9. devaluators
  10. devalue
  11. devalued

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